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Houston, Houston Politics, Politics, Texas

Actress Sally Field Steps Up To Support Proposition 1

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As Early Voting comes to a close, the fight for the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance is intensifying on both sides.  For supporters of Proposition 1 this week, that means some serious star power.  After meeting with the Houston Unites campaign, Academy Award-winning Actress and long-time Equality advocate Sally Field used her celebrity platform to draw … Continue Reading ››
Houston Politics, Politics

Where Are Houston’s Young Voters?!?!

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So it's an off, off year election with no President or Governor to be found on the ballot.  But so far, turnout for the 2015 Houston Municipal Elections is up.  Here's KHOU with the details...
After one week of early voting, 61,008 people have already gone to the polls in Harris County. When you combine … Continue Reading ››
Politics, United States

Speaker John Boehner Set To Leave Congress

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Some huge news this Friday morning out of Washington.  Just one day after Pope Francis I made an historic speech before a Joint Session of Congress, Speaker of the House John Boehner has plans to not only relinquish his Speakership, but exit Congress altogether. Here's the story from Jennifer Steinhauer of the New York Times...

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Politics, United States

Bernie Sanders and the END of ‘Apologetic Liberalism’

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Before you read this post, do me a favor.  Take ten seconds, close your eyes, and listen. What you hopefully heard was the sound of silence. Everywhere you look across this country, from the Texas Rio Grande Valley to the shores of the Alaskan coast, a sudden silence has begun to sweep across those on the Left … Continue Reading ››
Politics, Texas Politics

Texas “Feels the Bern” With Bernie Sanders

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There's just something about Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The Independent Senator from Vermont has been the surprise story of the 2016 race thus far, drawing huge crowds to events in nearly every state he visits, including Texas. As the Fort Worth Star Telegram reports the Sanders campaign seems to have no trouble finding … Continue Reading ››
Politics, United States

The ABCs of the GOP: T is for TRUMP and friends

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If you followed the blog closely during the height of our last Presidential race, you may recall my extensive series about the state of the Republican Party-- The ABCs of the GOP.  The series was an attempt to catalog just how far party leaders have strayed from what they professed as their essential ideals … Continue Reading ››
Equality, Politics

Marriage EQUALIZED: SCOTUS Strikes Down State Marriage Bans

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BREAKING:  In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has invalidated ALL state bans against same-sex marriage. Justice Anthony Kennedy joined Justices Elena Kagen, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to form the majority, with Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia in the dissent. The ruling's foundation … Continue Reading ››